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NAMEfold - fold long lines for finite width output device
SYNOPSISfold [-bs] [-wwidth] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
The fold utility is a filter which folds the contents of the specified
files, or the standard input if no files are specified, breaking the
lines to have a maximum of 80 columns.
The options are as follows:
-b Count width in bytes rather than column positions.
-s Fold line after the last blank character within the first width
column positions (or bytes).
-wwidth
Specify a line width to use instead of the default 80 columns.
Width should be a multiple of 8 if tabs are present, or the tabs
should be expanded using expand(1) before using fold.
ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution
of fold as described in environ(7).
SEE ALSOexpand(1), fmt(1)STANDARDS
The fold utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').
BUGS
If underlining is present it may be messed up by folding.
FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE August 2, 2004 FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE